CEC Q3 2010 revenue, comps increase

November 4, 2010

CEC Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended October 3, 2010.

Papa John's breaks with top 3 chains' comps momentum

Papa John's has announced its Q3 2010 earnings for the period ended Sept. 26, with a less-than-lustrous same store domestic sales decrease of almost 1 percent.

Build-your-own pizza market heats up with Stone Flats

November 1, 2010

The build-your-own pizza market is heating up. Last week, Beautiful Brands International announced the franchising of Top That! Pizza, which uses sandwich shop…

Commodities: Natural gas prices tumble

An abundant natural gas supply has pushed prices down.

Restaurant performance outlook posts modest improvement

October 28, 2010

Driven by improving same-store sales and customer traffic levels, as well as growing optimism among restaurant operators, the outlook for the restaurant…

Anatomy of fast casual drive-thru pizza

Home Run Inn, Chicago's casual pizza dining institution, has a frozen pizza product that outsells national brands and a new retailed wine brand that's taking…

Commodities: Prices down, for now

Cheese, wheat and gas prices are all down. 

Commodities: Yum! Stock reaches all-time high

Pizza Hut parent's good momentum aided by favorable earnings report. 

New product offers high pressure pasteurization

October 17, 2010

The Safe Pac Corporation has started to offer USDA and FDA-approved High Pressure Pasteurization (HPP) to packers, food processors and manufacturers on a…

Moyer: Remember, 4 on the Door!

by Chris Moyer — Manager, Conserve, National Restaurant Association

The first time I heard Richard Young – the director of education for Pacific Gas and Electric’s Food Service Technology Center – say, "You want to save on…

15 minutes with Donatos CEO Tom Krouse

New leader of Donatos pizza dishes on its wildly successful retail distribution arm, Jane's Dough Foods.  

Commodities: Gas gives small scare

Prices are up 9 cents in the last week after weeks of relatively stable or no increases.

Yum! comps finally all up in Q3 2010

Pizza Hut parent company Yum! Brands has reported same store gains in its U.S., China and International divisions, driven partially by Pizza Hut's 8 percent…

Commodities: Cheese up 25 percent this year

Cheese up; wheat falls below September's highs.

Fast Casual publishes comprehensive state-of-the-industry report

September 29, 2010

Fast Casual (www.FastCasual.com), the leading online news and information source for the burgeoning fast casual dining segment, has published the fourth…

Pizza Inn adds more Flash Market c-store locations

September 28, 2010

15 minutes with Uno Chicago Grill's Rick Hendrie

Uno marketing SVP Hendrie reveals the brand's new limited service strategies, retail solutions and the real reason behind its Chapter 11 filing.

All this change is driving me crazy!

by Paul Mcginnis — Vice President, Marketing, Ecolab Food Safety Specialties

I was sure it would be a short, 15-minute lesson about e-mail to my 62-year old father. Tell him the basics, have him create and respond to an e-mail and then…

Commodities: CPK stock, wheat on the rise

Wheat prices close lower, but climb overall; CPK stock rises after recent non-traditional location additions.

Anatomy of a 24-hour pizza restaurant

"It's always breakfast at Domino's" could be the new slogan for a University of Dayton-area store testing continual operation.